Schneider collects his third award of the week

EASTON, Mass. (March 17, 2016) – Senior Eric Schneider (Camarillo, California/St. Bonaventure) of the Stonehill College baseball team was chosen as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) East Region Hitter of the Week for the period ending March 13^th, it was announced Wednesday afternoon.

Schneider earns his third award of the week, having previously been named the NE-10 Player of the Week and the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Player of the Week. The Camarillo, California native led Stonehill to a perfect 7-0 run from March 7^th through March 13^th, behind a red-hot week at the plate. Schneider hit .500 (13-for-26) with eight RBI, 12 runs scored and four stolen bases in seven wins down south. The senior outfielder posted a .581 on-base percentage and .731 slugging percentage and hit safely in all seven games, posting a multi-hit effort and scoring multiple runs in every game but two.

Schneider opened the week going 2-for-4 with a walk and a run in a 7-3 win over Wilmington University, and followed up that performance finishing 2-for-3 with two runs and two stolen bases in a 5-2 win over Bloomfield. In back-to-back wins over Concordia College and NE-10 foe Assumption College, Schneider combined to go 5-for-8 with four runs, four RBI and a homerun.

Stonehill (10-5, 0-0 NE-10), ranked ninth in this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association East Region Poll that was released Monday, will travel to Molloy College for a weekend series against the Lions. First game is set for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

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